Music

Imagine
Fall always reminds me of one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard in my life. It was written by John Lennon. He was born on October 9, 1940 and murdered on December 8, 1980. I bet you have heard the song; it’s a song full of hope […]

My Beatles Playlist – Fifty Years of Sound Variations
My friends know how much I love the music of the Beatles. I recently discovered something new that motivated me to write this blog post. In other blog posts, I have written about audio, both analogue and digital. I have also written about the mixing process in studio when making […]

Tom Petty and the Market-Breakers
What Tom Petty’s New Album Can Teach Us About Online Marketing Not many artists can do what Tom Petty has done. Between countless hit singles, sold out tours around the world, and even performing at the Superbowl halftime show, Tom Petty has practically taken the music world by storm during […]

Analog to Digital…and Back to Analog
The mastering process used in pressing a vinyl album was complex, and required significant pre-processing, unlike today’s digital media. Due to the physical limitations of the LP format, some additional processing was necessary before and after the cutting of the album to achieve the best sound. The most important part […]

Rare Beatles Recordings and Internet Marketing
I was recently in Guadalajara filming additional footage for our El Viejito Tequila documentary. While checking my email in my hotel room at the Hilton one evening, I opened an email from the band that I manage, Soulfreee, about dates available for gigging. In the end of the email the […]

This Isn’t Rocket Science
Back in the 1960s as Cold War tensions were just heating up, the Soviet Union and the United States were constantly trying to outdo one another in what was known as the space race. In the midst of this competition, the United States spent millions of dollars to invent a […]

There’s More Than One Eagle at the Toledo Zoo
This is a follow up to an earlier post that I wrote about Joe Walsh performing at the Toledo Zoo Amphitheater. The concert was last night, and even though the drive was about ninety minutes each way, it was worth every bit of effort to go see Joe Walsh perform […]
Joe Walsh at the Toledo Zoo
Last week I was on facebook for a moment when I noticed an ad for Joe Walsh at the Toledo zoo amphitheatre. I thought it was kind of strange because it didn’t make sense when I first saw the ad, so I clicked on it. I’ve noticed a lot of […]